IE8: What’s After Beta 2.

IE8: What’s After Beta 2
“… we want to be clear about the plan for IE8.We will release one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, and then follow that up with the final release. Our next public release of IE (typically called a “release candidate”) indicates the end of the beta period. We want the technical community of people and organizations interested in web browsers to take this update as a strong signal that IE8 is effectively complete and done. They should expect the f Leggi tutto il post...

Windows Live OneCare is dead. Microsoft annuncia "Morro".

Microsoft Announces Plans for No-Cost Consumer Security Offering
New anti-malware solution will broaden PC protection and help improve Windows experience.
"... Code-named “Morro,” this streamlined solution will be available in the second half of 2009 and will provide comprehensive protection from malware including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans. This new solution, to be offered at no charge to consumers, will be architected for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing resource Leggi tutto il post...

Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities.

Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-319A"... The Mozilla and the SeaMonkey projects have released new versions of Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey to address several vulnerabilities. Further details about these vulnerabilities are available in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document, such as a web page or an H Leggi tutto il post...

Security Update available for Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8.

Security Update available for Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8
Release date: November 4, 2008
“… Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier versions. These vulnerabilities would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 are not vulnerable to these issues. Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader 8 who can’t update to Adobe Reader 9 instal Leggi tutto il post...